Maternity Center
presentation
Vision: Delivering Patient -Family-Centered Maternity Care through
a caring team.
Mission Statement
The Gettysburg Hospital Maternity
Center Team of Nurses are working
together to assure quality, compassionate
care to the people we serve. We are
striving to achieve a healthier community.
Vision Statement
Delivering Patient/Family-Centered
Maternity Care through a caring team.
We Deliver
550-600 babies
Per year
STEEEP PRINCIPLES
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S = SAFETY
T = TIMELINESS
E = EFFECTIVENESS
E = EFFICIENCY
E = EQUITY
P = PATIENT CENTERED
Utilizing the STEEEP Principles in
NON-SEPARATION
• Begins immediately after birth via kangaroo care and
continues for the duration of the stay
• Allows for teaching as a family unit
• By minimizing separation of mother and baby we create
a SAFER environment
• Nurses utilize their TIME better because they do couplet
care which is EFFEFCTIVE and EFFICIENT
• EQUITY – Nurses take ownership of the care that they
give as well as parents take ownership of the care they
give their infant
• Care is PATIENT/Family CENTERED
We Are Asking For Your Help
• By donating to the Employee Giving Campaign
you will be helping us to minimize separation of
mothers and their infants
• All of our equipment needs are geared toward
lessening separation of our couplets during their
hospital stay
• The equipment requested is non-invasive,
accurate, promotes bonding and non-separation
of the couplet
BILICHECK METER
• Screening tool not a diagnostic tool
• Non-invasive procedure to check for
jaundice in the Newborn (NB)
JAUNDICE
• Build up of bilirubin in the blood caused by
excess red blood cells being broken down
causing a yellow appearance of the skin
• It takes several days for the infant’s liver to
get better at removing this waste
• If levels become too high or are not
treated kernicterus can occur causing
debilitating brain damage (this is rare but
can occur)
Evaluation of Jaundice in the NB
• Prior to having the meter there was a
visual exam by the Pediatrician on the AM
of discharge
• A serum blood test was done and resulted
after the MD left the hospital, then the
conversation took place between the
patient and the nurse
CURRENTLY
• The 11-7 RN uses the meter to check the level,
then plots the value on a curve which assesses
the risk of becoming significantly jaundice
• Any NB at a high or high-intermediate range will
be followed with a serum level
• MD’s will have the serum results at the time they
do rounds and can discuss a plan with the
parents for follow-up if needed
• Every NB is screened on the shift prior to
discharge
neoBLUE Phototherapy
How neoBLUE works…..
• Uses blue LED lights, whereas older
phototherapy lights used UV light
• There are no known risks of LED lights but UV
light can cause painful eye injury, skin burn,
premature skin aging or skin cancer
• LED lights do not emit light in infrared range
reducing potential risk of fluid loss
• All translate to SAFE patient care
• “LED’s emit blue light in the spectrum which
corresponds to the peak absorption wavelength
at which bilirubin is broken down”
BENEFITS ARE:
• Family centered care – infant can undergo light
therapy in the patient room, less intimidating for
parents due to their smaller size
• Promotes continued bonding
• Can be done in an open crib
• One light can be used as single or double
banking by flipping a switch
• Saves Biomed costs because the lights need
only be checked once every 6 months instead of
every month
INFANT SCALES
• Infants are weighed at birth and everyday
while in the hospital
WHY YOU ASK?
• The first thing every parent wants to know is how much
their infant weighs, new scales are SAFER due to
elevated sides and smooth, rounded corners on the
unique Newborn Safety Tray
• Weight is a major physical parameter for assessing
normal growth and weight loss in the newborn period;
therefore, accuracy is of utmost importance
• These scales are accurate to 1 gram
• NB are susceptible to cold stress, new scales can be
preheated to prevent cooling in the NB
• Older scales can no longer be maintained
• Again, minimizes separation of mother and infant
The Bottom Line is……..
We desire to:
• Provide safe, timely, effective, efficient
care that is equitable and patient/family
centered
• Minimize separation of the mother/infant
dyad to promote bonding, parental
learning and breastfeeding
• Change the culture and practice of
maternity/newborn nursing in the 21st
century